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New Tool Based on RNA-Guided Enzyme Enables Easy Targeting of Genes

Duke researchers have devised a way to quickly and easily target and tinker with any gene in the human genome.

26 Jul 2013

Researchers Employ Nanopatterning to Combine Functioning Molecular Nanoparticles with Polymers

University of Akron researchers have developed new materials that function on a nanoscale, which could lead to the creation of lighter laptops, slimmer televisions and crisper smartphone visual displays.

26 Jul 2013

Biochip and Nanobiotechnology Forecast to Contribute to Molecular Diagnostics Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the new report "Molecular Diagnostics - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering.

26 Jul 2013

Imec, STFC and Fraunhofer IIS Announce EU’s Continued Support of Europractice IC Services

Together with its partners STFC and Fraunhofer IIS, imec announced today that the European Commission has pledged to continue funding the Europractice IC services for another 3 years under the FP7 program.

26 Jul 2013

Self-Assembled Nanofiber Fabricated from DNA Building Block

An international collaboration including researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador have fabricated a self-assembled nanofiber from a DNA building block that contains both duplex (two-stranded) and quadruplex (four-stranded) DNA.

25 Jul 2013

NASA’s EPSCoR Funds Project on Genetic Assessment of Space Environment using MEMS Technologies

Louisiana Tech University will receive over $1.4 million in grant funding from NASA’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), through an award to the Louisiana Board of Regents, to serve as the lead institution for research that investigates how high doses of space radiation during extended duration space missions will affect astronauts.

25 Jul 2013

New Design for Instrumented Nanoscale Indenter

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of North Carolina have demonstrated a new design for an instrument, a "instrumented nanoscale indenter," that makes sensitive measurements of the mechanical properties of thin films—ranging from auto body coatings to microelectronic devices—and biomaterials.

25 Jul 2013

Micralyne to Develop MEMS-based Fiber-Optic Subsystems with Adamant-Kogyo

Micralyne, Inc., an independent MEMS developer-manufacturer specializing in high-value applications, today announced a collaboration with Adamant-Kogyo Co., Ltd., a leading supplier of fine precision products for the optical communications industry, for the development and manufacture of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)-based fiber-optic subsystems.

25 Jul 2013

Nano-Enhanced Microcavity Biosensor Used to Detect Single Cancer Marker Protein

Just months after setting a record for detecting the smallest single virus in solution, researchers at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) have announced a new breakthrough: They used a nano-enhanced version of their patented microcavity biosensor to detect a single cancer marker protein, which is one-sixth the size of the smallest virus, and even smaller molecules below the mass of all known markers.

25 Jul 2013

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Enables Use of Nanoprobes for Advancing Stem Cell Therapy

The University of Southampton’s Chemistry department has been awarded a National Chemical Landmark blue plaque by the Royal Society of Chemistry, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the discovery of a technique that has revolutionised science.

25 Jul 2013

AIChE Honors Lehigh Chemical Engineer for Research on Biomolecule Behavior

A Lehigh chemical engineer who favors biological molecules like proteins and DNA over chemicals and who proudly claims “my students do all the work,” has won the prestigious Allan P. Colburn Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

25 Jul 2013

Gold Rush on New Materials Made Layer by Layer with Atomic Precision

Sparked by wonder material graphene, a “gold rush” on new materials made layer by layer with atomic precision is about to begin, according to Nobel Laureate Andre Geim.

25 Jul 2013

Nano-Tera.ch 2013 to Showcase Final Results of First Wave of Research Projects

The Nano-Tera.ch initiative aims to bring Switzerland to the forefront of a new technological revolution: using engineering and information technology to improve health and security, and to broaden our management of energy and the environment.

25 Jul 2013

Simple, Eco-Friendly Method to Create Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Nanoplatelets

A simple, low-cost and eco-friendly method of creating nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (NGnPs), which could be used in dye-sensitized solar cells and fuel cells, is published in Scientific Reports today.

24 Jul 2013

Faculty & Staff Council Support Establishment of CNSE as a Degree-Granting Institution

Galvanizing support for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s innovation-driven educational and economic development blueprint for New York and providing further momentum to the Governor’s innovative Start-Up NY program and the “Power of SUNY” initiative, the Faculty & Staff Council of SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) has voted unanimously to fully support the resolution adopted by the SUNY Board of Trustees to establish CNSE as a separate degree-granting institution.

24 Jul 2013

Nanotechnology News

New Tool Based on RNA-Guided Enzyme Enables Easy Targeting of Genes

Researchers Employ Nanopatterning to Combine Functioning Molecular Nanoparticles with Polymers

Biochip and Nanobiotechnology Forecast to Contribute to Molecular Diagnostics Markets

Imec, STFC and Fraunhofer IIS Announce EU’s Continued Support of Europractice IC Services

Self-Assembled Nanofiber Fabricated from DNA Building Block

NASA’s EPSCoR Funds Project on Genetic Assessment of Space Environment using MEMS Technologies

New Design for Instrumented Nanoscale Indenter

Micralyne to Develop MEMS-based Fiber-Optic Subsystems with Adamant-Kogyo

Nano-Enhanced Microcavity Biosensor Used to Detect Single Cancer Marker Protein

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Enables Use of Nanoprobes for Advancing Stem Cell Therapy

AIChE Honors Lehigh Chemical Engineer for Research on Biomolecule Behavior

Gold Rush on New Materials Made Layer by Layer with Atomic Precision

Nano-Tera.ch 2013 to Showcase Final Results of First Wave of Research Projects

Simple, Eco-Friendly Method to Create Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Nanoplatelets

Faculty & Staff Council Support Establishment of CNSE as a Degree-Granting Institution

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